This Just In: Senate rejects House effort to negotiate on budget

Storm clouds hang over Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013. There have been 17 government shutdowns since 1976, ranging in length from one to 21 days. None have caused a market meltdown. The average decline in the Standard & Poorís 500 index during a shutdown lasting 10 days or more is about 2.5 percent. For shutdowns lasting five days or fewer, the average decline is 1.4 percent. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Senate has voted to reject the latest House Republican effort to negotiate on the budget amid the government shutdown.

The party-line vote was 54-46 on Tuesday.

The Senate turned aside a House request to name negotiators to a conference to resolve differences.

Majority Leader Harry Reid said he wouldn’t negotiate as long as Republicans were holding up a straightforward spending bill to keep the government operating.

The vote marked the fourth time during this fight that the Democratic-controlled Senate has rejected House Republican efforts. The political stalemate has triggered the first government shutdown in 17 years.